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 I purchased my fittings directly from a vendor at our local flea market, as
he was able to give me some good ideas and even set
 me up with fittings that had
the 1/2" elevations under them to allow for the bungees to pass under the
rails that would lay directly on the concrete floor. However, you can find these
fittings readily on the internet for good prices like at
Canopy
Masters.
In the photos above you see the typical fittings used for the conduit tent
assembly. The C4 shown is called a "T", the C5 is a 2 WAY, C2 is
a 4 WAY, C1 is a 2 WAY L (or 3 WAY) and C6 is a SPLICE. C3 is the 5 WAY, which
allows 4 pipes to come together and then down or up in the center. For some
reason while putting this website how-to together, I couldn't locate any photos
of the fittings that are slightly elevated to allow the 1/2" room under the
lower rails of your walls for the bungee cords to pass under like I used in my
assembly. However, if you have a local flea market, you will also likely have a
conduit tent vendor there that can set you up with the right fittings.
It is important to have an accurate number of exactly what fittings you will
need so you will have them long before the actual crush of slapping your haunt
together and setting up your displays. My layout for a typical sized 2 car
garage used the fittings below. You may want to pick up a few extra splices, as
you will be able to use smaller pieces of your left over pipe sections by
coupling them together.
HAUNT 2002 FITTINGS;
(10) SPLICE
(13) 2 WAY
(12) 3 WAY
(11) 4 WAY
(4) 5 WAY
(11) T
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61 FITTINGS
The
layout used in 2002, using 1"
medium gauge EMT conduit required 84
pieces of pipe and 61 fittings. You
can find this at any Home Depot or
similar. Since the conduit is sold in 10' lengths, I
needed 34 lengths for this layout. You can cut your lengths with a pipe cutter or hacksaw, but I
used a metal chop saw and cut mine two to four cuts at a time to pare down my
work time. In all it took less than an hour to cut all my pieces. Here are my
cuts;
HAUNT 2002
PIPE LENGTHS;
UPRIGHTS: 23 (77 & 79)
A; 39 (2)
B; 37 (2)
C; 39 (2)
D; 120 (2)(2 pieces spliced ea) 72 & 48 / 72 & 48
E; 48 (2)
F; 56 (2)
G; 120 (2)(2 pieces spliced ea) 60 & 59 / 68 & 51
H; 48 (1)
I; 60 (2)
J; 60 (1)(2 pieces spliced) 34 & 26 (?)
K; 32 (1)
L; 48 (2)
M; 56 (2)
N; 42 (2)
O; 56 (2)
P; 34 (1)
Q; 56 (2)
R; 69 (2)
S; 56 (1)
T; 34 (1)
U; 34 (2)
V; 105 (2) (2 pieces spliced ea) 72 & 32 / 72 & 32
W; 42 (2)
X; 64 (2)
Y; 40 (1)
Z; 34 (2)
Z1; 34 (1)
Z2; 34 (1)
Z3; 107 (2)(2) pieces spliced each) 56 & 51 / 51 & 44 & 11
Z4; 75 (2)
TOTAL 84 PIECES
When you finish cutting each length, I recommend using a permanent Sharpie
marker to write the length of each pipe on each one so you will have a faster
set up time when it comes time to assemble. This year (2002) I also covered this
marking up with clear packing tape to ensure it wouldn't get rubbed or
smeared off.
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